What happened to my user-defined fields?

[pj]

I created and re-named 4 user-defined fields. I then bought a new laptop and
upgraded to Office 2007 and imported my .pst file. It appeared that all data
came across OK (except for my categories which were there but had to be
"re-added" (it was weird).

My big problem is that my user-defined fields (and the content) are nowhere
to be found. I found the "User-defined 1" thru 4 in the "all Contact fields"
list but could not find my custom-named fields. The User-defined 1-4 did not
contain my content either.

Help!!

 

[Karl Timmermans]

#1 - First mistake......importing PST file. No need to (and absolutely
shouldn't) do that for all kind of reasons. Just needed to open your
existing PST file in Outlook '2007 and make it the default.
#2 - User1-4 are not "user-defined fields" - simply 4 standard Outlook
fields without a designated purpose called User1-4 - part of every contact
item
#3 - Re: the user-defined fields you created, add those same fields back at
the folder level and there is a chance that you'll see the data for those
fields again in the contacts that have data for them

If you still have your original PST file would start over (as per item#1
above). If you don't.....well..........hopefully the info wasn't important.

Karl
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